Humanitarian faces the world in crisis

For a moment, set aside consideration of the well-known humanitarian crises of recent years in Lebanon, Iraq, Colombia, Darfur and Zimbabwe, and contemplate northern Uganda. A rebel militia called the Lord's Resistance Army has kidnapped 20,000 children from that region in the last two decades to swell its ranks. Until a ceasefire in 2006, an estimated 40,000 children left their homes every...